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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
You're being an idiot now.
Maori are New Zealanders. They are entitled to as much as all New Zealanders. If it was ever their will to not be New Zealanders then they have a system which gives them a political voice as Maori and as New Zealanders to work through.
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Thanks for calling me an idiot, i thought we could keep this civil and not resort to name calling. Alas. Well I'm just thinking on their behalf. If they declared independence, surely they will lose all those benefits from being part of NZ. So why on earth would they?
Again, bread and circus always wins out (if you read my original post and linked it all up, what I'm saying is that social welfare, education etc. is the bread and circus provided by the government to the Maori). I was trying to hint to you that "Maori aren't being "given" anything." is not strictly correct.
Back to the issue of Tibet, I'm not expressing my opinion here. Tibet is part of China. With China growing more powerful by the day (buying US treasury bills), it is unlikely Tibet's soverignty will change.
My opinion would be i trust the Chinese government would put more emphasis on economic development in the Tibetan region. As the riot last year was mainly for economic reasons (too many shops runned by Hans) rather than we want our lama back.